Citizens of the World Charter School-Kansas City, a K-12 school dedicated to bringing together a culturally and economically diverse student population, recently opened after several years of planning and organizing. Parents and friends of the school were invited to tour the new building, located at 3435 Broadway Blvd. in Kansas City, Mo. The school had a successful first week and received positive responses from the parents, said Kristin Droege, executive director.“We gave a special startup day (on Aug. 15) because the parents had waited so long for the opening day,” she said. “Some of them had not been there at all, so we wanted to make sure they were comfortable.”During the tour, the parents had a chance to stay with their children for the first two hours of the day, and meet and learn more from some of the teachers.“It really gave the families a chance to feel settled and comfortable with it because everything was so new, and that was a very popular option,” Droege said. “It got a lot of parents on board.”As stated in a press release, the school will have eight kindergarten and first-grade classes in its first year and add six second-grade classrooms the following year, with an approximate enrollment size of 432 K-2 students by the fall of 2017. The school will add an upper-grade elementary campus for grades 3-6 by the fall of 2018.The school is still accepting applications for the school year. Students located in the Kansas City, Mo., school district are eligible to apply.To contact the school, schedule a tour or learn more, visit www.cwckansascity.org.